Highschool Dragon: Harem Legion

In Equestria, Spike, and the girls were on a train heading out in the San Palomino Desert. They looked out the windows of the train seeing they were getting closer and closer.

“Can you believe we're actually going to Ouroborus; home of the Serpentine?” Twilight asked her husband and friends.

“Yeah you've been saying that for the last hour, Twilight.” Rainbow answered dryly.

“Really? Have I?” she asked Spike sheepishly.

“Kinda.” he admitted.

“Ok,” Twilight replied, “But still, this is a big deal to us. First the griffins, the kirin, and now this.”

“Yeah, we're really broadening our horizons.” Sunset said.

“And we really hit it off with the generals at the summit.” Pinkie put in, while eating a cupcake.

“And just imagine the kind of fashion ideas I could get from them,” Rarity gasped in excitement, “After all their scale patterns are simply exotic.” Spike and the girls smiled and rolled their eyes.

Eventually the train pulled to a halt at the station where they got off. As they looked around, Twilight spoke, “The generals said they would be sending an escort to show us the way.”

Spike looked to the side and spoke, “I think I found our escort.”

They looked and saw slinking their way towards them was Lieutenant Arcturus the Anacondrai tribe, “Ah, good day to you my dear guests.” he began.

“And a good day to you too, Lieutenant.” Twilight greeted back.

“Not to worry, Princess. Today I am just a tour guide,” Arcturus began, “So are you all set to see Ouroborus?”

“We sure are.” Spike confirmed.

“Then let's go.” Arcturus led the way, with the group following him.

As they followed the lieutenant through the desert down a cobblestone road, Applejack spoke up, “I know it's a desert, but whew it sure is hot.”

“We do like the climate. It really does wonders for our scales.” Arcturus answered.

“As a lover of animals, I can testify to that.” Fluttershy spoke up.

As they came up on a hill they looked down to see a whole city set up, “Is that really it?” Starlight asked Arcturus.

“Indeed it is,” he confirmed, “Behold the kingdom of Ouroborus.”

“Awesome!” Rainbow gasped.

“It's amazing.” Twilight marveled.

“Not a bad place to hang your hat.” Spike nodded.

“Come, the generals are waiting.” Arcturus said, as he continued to lead the way.

When they entered the city, they saw Serpentine of all six tribes and of both genders and all ages going about every day lives like other creatures in Equestria and people in Human world. While the older Serpentine looked more snake like, the younger ones from child to adolescent looked almost like humans but had snake properties from scales, fangs, and slit-like pupils. Most young ones even had small hoods or armor plates on the backs of their heads.

“Oh, look at the Serpentine children.” Fluttershy cooed, as they saw little Serpentine kids at play.

As they walked several Serpentine watched them. Several of them were surprised, and some looked weary. Spike and the girls kept a straight face knowing not to show fear or suspicion, as they kept following Arcturus into a large building.

The lieutenant led the group into a room where six thrones were set up side by side. Above each throne was a tapestry of the color and image of each snake tribe. The heroes looked to see the generals sitting in their own individual thrones with their staffs at their side.

“My honored generals,” Arcturus began, “I present to you, Princess Twilight Sparkle, Spike the Dragon King, and their friends.”

“Well done, Arcturus.” Pythor said, as he took his staff and got off his throne followed by the other generals.

The six snake generals slithered to their guests who bowed their heads in respect, “General Pythor, it is good to see you again, and the rest of the Serpentine generals.” Twilight greeted.

“As it is to see you all too.” Pythor replied.

“We trust our home is to your liking?” Aspheera inquired.

“It's quite a place.” Spike admitted.

“You snakes got some life here.” Rainbow said.

“It's not much, but it's a living.” Skalidor replied.

“We were just about to go on a daily stroll around our city, would you all care to join us?” Acidicus offered.

“Why we'd be delighted.” Rarity answered.

“Then let's go.” Skales said, until the doors opened again and stepping in was a Hypnobrai Serpentine boy wearing gray shorts and a blue jacket.

“Daddy, did they arrive yet?” he asked hopefully.

“Daddy?” Spike and the girls wondered, as Skales approached and answered.

“Yes, son, they're right here.” he motioned to the group.

The boy looked at them and gasped, “Spike the Dragon King and the Elements of Harmony! All right!” he raced over to them, “I'm such a huge fan of you all.”

“Thanks, kid.” Rainbow replied feeling proud.

“And who're you?” Fluttershy asked.

Skales slithered to the boy, “Allow me to introduce you to my son, Skales Jr.”

“Call me S.J.” the boy insisted.

Spike looked to the Hypnobrai general, “So you're a father, huh?”

“Indeed I am.” he confirmed.

“So who's the lucky snake lady?” Pinkie asked.

“That would be me.” came a female voice as a Hypnobrai lady approached. Unlike most Hypnobrai she had pink colored scales, and wore a necklace.

“Ponies and Spike, this is my lovely wife, Selma.” Skales introduced them.

“A pleasure to meet you all.” Selma did a curtsy.

“Pleasure's all ours ma'am.” Spike replied respectfully, while admiring her snake beauty.

“It was my wife who helped me in agreeing to attending the summit,” Skales told them, “She told me 'If we're going to shed a new skin, we must open our home to others'.”

“Wise words, Ms. Selma.” Twilight told her.

“So shall we get started on that tour?” Fangtom asked.

“Let's.” Starlight replied, as the snakes led their guests off.

As the snakes led their guests around, Spike and the girls watched as every snake around the city stopping what they were doing and paid their respects to their generals. The snake generals waved to their subjects as they passed, with Pythor patting the head of a snake girl making her smile.

“You guys sure are adored.” Sunset told the generals.

“We are fair and just when we do not need to be stern and firm.” Skales answered.

“So what do you guys do for fun around here?” Rainbow asked, while walking close.

“We have an assortment of entertainment for all,” Pythor began while motioning to some snake kids playing ball, puppetry theater, some snakes were listening to music while break dancing and doing a snake like dance, “But one of our biggest forms of entertainment, is the Slither Pit.”

“What's the Slither Pit?” Applejack asked.

“Come, we'll show you.” Skales said, as they went to another building.

Once inside they saw vendors selling food and sports-like merchandise. They looked ahead seeing swarms of snakes gathered around something. When they got closer they looked down seeing a Hypnobrai solder fighting a Constrictai soldier.

“Behold, the Slither Pit.” Fangtom declared.

“Wow.” Spike gasped.

“Wow is right.” Rainbow agreed.

“It's where our subjects, particularly our soldiers and guards use to train and hone their skills.” Aspheera explained.

“Based off their skills here they're amazing.” Spike watched.

“And that makes us proud to have them in our ranks.” Pythor added.

“Pythor,” Fluttershy spoke up, “I was wondering. How did the Serpentine and all this come to be?”

The snakes having expected the question to be brought up eventually knew what to do, “Come. We'll take you to the one to best tell you.” Skales said, as they left the Slither Pit arena.

Spike and the girls were then led to a church in the city. As Acidicus and Skalidor opened the doors, they all entered. The group looked around seeing it looked like any other type of church, but the images depicted in the stain glass windows looked like they told their own legend.

Approaching was a Venomari wearing priest attire, “Welcome honorable generals. What brings you here to the house of our founders?”

“Cleric Viper, we have brought our guests from Equestria because they seek the knowledge of our origin.” Pythor began.

Twilight spoke to the cleric, “Yes, Cleric. We would love to hear the story behind these beautiful stain glass windows.” she motioned to said windows.

“Of course, my child.” Cleric Viper said, as he showed the group to the windows each depicting part of the story.

“Thousands of years ago when even Equestria was still very young, there was nothing out here but desert. But far below under the ground lied a source of power from a magical stone. The Stone of Life. It was one day six individual snakes slithered their way under the ground and found the stone. Upon close contact, the magic of the stone radiated off them and they underwent a metamorphosis. When it was done the snakes had gained new form, new power, and new intelligence. The six snakes knew the stone was far too powerful to just leave behind, so they broke it up into six pieces and implanted it into six golden staffs. The snakes each took a staff and set out to form their own tribe. Each of them harnessing the power of the Stone of Life gave the same kind of life to snakes of their own breed thus creating the six tribes of Serpentine with them as their generals.”

“Wow.” Pinkie gasped.

“The Anacondrai were led by General Arcturus.” the cleric began.

“Arcturus?” Sunset asked, as they turned to the lieutenant who answered.

“My family named me after the Anacondrai founder. I consider it an honor.”

The cleric continued, “The Hypnobrai were led by General Cobran. Leading the Fangpyre's was General Sharp. In charge of the Venomari was General Acid. The Constrictai were led by General Terra. And the Pyro Vipers were led by General Mambo V.”

“The fifth?” Rarity wondered.

“So he referred to himself.” the cleric answered.

“So then you guys?” Rainbow looked to the current generals.

“We are the newest generation of Serpentine generals... that have taken up the title over the years.” Fangtom's two heads each explained.

“So what happened then?” Spike asked, as the cleric continued.

“Each tribe built their own city out in the desert, and each tribe stuck to their own kind. Though there was peace among each tribe it was unsteady because of distrust between us. As many would say 'Never trust a Snake'. But that all changed one fateful day. What the generals had not realized there was a seventh snake present that got a bigger dose of energy from the stone that kept building and building over time. Until it rose up from the ground as a colossal serpent our ancestors called 'The Great Devourer'. And as its name suggested, it sought to devour all in its path.”

“Oh, dear.” Fluttershy gasped with her hands to her mouth.

“As the Devourer laid waste to their kingdoms, the generals knew they stood no chance at stopping this monstrosity alone. So they united their tribes and after a gruesome and tiring battle the Devourer was vanquished. As proof of their victory, the generals extracted the Devourer's fangs from its mouth made into a trophy. The tribes realizing the importance of their unity made a new home where they could all live together. A home that would come to be known as Ouroborus.”

“And that is how our home and our kind came to be.” Pythor concluded.

“What a story.” Pinkie applauded.

“It is, isn't it?” Skales asked.

“So how does a Serpentine become general anyway?” Applejack asked.

“Well, it's got nothing to do with a bloodline or royalty,” Acidicus answered, “It's all about being the strongest, the smartest, and willing to lay your life on the line for your people.”

“When a general reaches the end of its life, they nominate one they claim worthy to inherit the title.” Skalidor continued.

“However, there is another way.” Aspheera added.

“What's that?” Starlight wondered.

“A Serpentine can challenge the general to a Slither Pit fight. Should the challenger win, then they become general. And should they fail, well let's just say their dignity will take a while to be put back together.” Pythor explained.

“Has a challenger ever defeated a general?” Spike asked.

“A couple times,” Skales answered, “In fact it's how I became general.”

“You, Skales?” Twilight asked.

“That's right. The former Hypnobrai General Slithraa started showing signs of weakness and was incredibly conceited with himself. I knew he no longer had the best interest of my tribe so I challenged him. At first he had the upper hand, but that's when I struck back using a special form of snake martial arts known as Fang Kwon Do. With that I defeated Slithraa and assumed command with Slithraa now my follower.”

S.J spoke to the heroes, “My daddy says since then he's ruled fair and just to his tribe and the other ones. And that's what makes him the best. That's why I hope to one day grow up to be like him.”

Skales sighed happily before speaking to Twilight and Spike, “That's my boy.” the two smiled.

Later that day, the heroes were in a dining hall with the generals enjoying dinner, “This is a delicious meal, generals.” Spike said, as he ate.

“Thank you. We made sure our chefs knew the recipes for anything non-snakes to eat.” Pythor said.

“And here comes something special.” Skalidor said, as each was presented a drink which looked like a green liquid.

“What is this?” Rarity asked sounding nervous.

“A special Serpentine drink we call Viper Venom.” Skales answered.

“Don't worry, it's not really venom.” Pythor assured them.

“But it can be very spicy.” Aspheera warned them.

“I'm a dragon, spicy's my thing,” Spike said as he took a swig. He licked his lips before suddenly panting, “Whew, that's some good stuff.”

“Let me try.” Rainbow said.

“Me too.” Pinkie said, as they each took a drink of their Viper Venom.

At first they felt nothing, until suddenly their eyes widened and steam poured out of their ears before the screamed with fire coming out of their mouths before dropping their heads on the table.

“Spicy.” Pinkie panted.

“I think I burned my taste buds off.” Rainbow panted.

Pythor chuckled, “Some just can't handle a little heat.” the generals, Spike, and the rest of the girls laughed.

Rarity looked and saw hanging on one of the dining halls walls were four fangs framed together, “Pardon me, but are those fangs the same fangs of...”

“Oh, yes,” Skales confirmed, “The fangs of the Devourer.”

“On display here where our forefathers sat.” Fangtom added.

“To this day we look upon them and think back to the days before we were united.” Aspheera said.

“We looked to them and thought if we could unite as one, then perhaps we could form the same bonds of trust with the other creatures of Equestria.” Pythor said.

Spike smiled, “Well, after such a good day here and getting to know more about your tribes and all you're off to a great start.”

“Thank you,” Pythor smiled, “We hope in this united alliance of ours against the Storm king and any potential future threats we can show all creatures you can trust a snake.”

“And we'll help you do that, as we always look to help our friends.” Twilight promised.

Skales raised his glass, “Here's to a bright future for snakes, ponies, dragons, and all manner of creatures in Equestria.”

“Cheers!” the whole group raises their glasses before taking a drink, only for the girls to collapse from how spicy the Viper Venom drink was to them.